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Paul Wanders is a partner in our Amsterdam office and focuses on real estate transactions. He practices commercial leasing law and is an experienced litigator in all kinds of real estate matters. He also advises clients on professional liability law, in particular for notaries, insurers, lawyers and real estate agents.

Paul lectures on landlord and tenant law at the University of Amsterdam for the Amsterdam School of Real Estate, the Estate Agency Training Centre and the Grotius Real Estate specialization course. He also is a legal adviser to the Amsterdam Association of Real Estate Agents.

Altera: Advising Altera on the sale of its complete office portfolio ("Zenith portfolio") to Goldman Sachs, and the sale of its retail portfolio to Och Ziff.

BouwInvest: Advising on the acquisition of Hourglass in Amsterdam, a new development by Maarsen/Brouwershoff.

DBN: Advising on the sale of a major retail portfolio to a German group.

MPC: Advising on the sale of various properties in the Netherlands, including the Zandkasteel (the Sand Castle), the head offices of ING Bank, in Amsterdam Zuidoost to ING and a consortium of G&S Vastgoed and OVG.

Nationale Postcode Loterij: Advising on the disposal of its office portfolio in Amsterdam.

Plaza West: Advising a private collaborative partnership, on the purchase of a land holding in Haarlem from Cobraspen Beheer B.V., and subsequently the disposal of the development potential for approximately 600 homes and 10,000 m² of retail space to funds managed by Syntrus Achmea.

Union Investment: on the purchase and sale of various real estate projects in the Netherlands, including the acquisition of the ‘FIRST’ newly built project in Rotterdam from a consortium of Maarsen Groep and MAB and the disposal of The Monarch in The Hague to a fund managed by Amundi.

Recognition

Legal 500 2019: Paul Wanders is described as "knowledgeable and experienced".

Chambers 2019: Real Estate: Paul is praised by clients for his "technical knowledge and commercial awareness.""Having a direct line to him is key. I can call him whenever I need on his mobile and solve things in a short time."

Chambers Europe 2018: Paul Wanders is described by clients as "efficient and practical," and is praised for being "sharp during litigation and an effective negotiator."

Chambers Europe 2017: "The "versatile and solution-oriented" Paul Wanders focuses on commercial property transactions and litigation. Clients observe that his "technical knowledge of tenancy law is very good."

Legal 500 2017: Real Estate: Paul Wanders is recognized as a "leading individual in the Netherlands"

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